Grades 6-8
NETS-S Standard 3. Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

3b. Students:. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media

LESSON Grade: 6th-8th
Subject Area: Any
Content Standard:
Lesson Title: Storyboarding
Time needed: 20-30 minutes instruction, 1-2 days implementing:

Short description of the lesson: Students will learn the why and how of storyboarding a project.

Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts): depending on the project, student may need to do research before reaching the storyboarding step.

What hardware and software is needed? paper and pen, storyboarding form

Student example: (insert document or link)








LESSON Grade: 6th-8th
Subject Area: any
Content Standard:
Lesson Title: Website Evaluation
Time needed: 30-45 minutes for instruction and practice

Short description of the lesson: Students will receive instruction on RADCAB evaluation forms and have a chance to practice evaluating a pre-selected list of websites.

Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts)

What hardware and software is needed?

Student example: (insert document or link)





LESSON Grade: 6-8th
Subject Area: Any
Content Standard:
Lesson Title: Web searching
Time needed: 30-45 minutes

Short description of the lesson: Students will walk through various strategies to create good search keywords and narrow searchs.

Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts): Google advanced search, wonder wheel, time line, EBSCO advanced search

What hardware and software is needed?

Student example: (insert document or link)